News and updates from Bangladesh
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman today (Tuesday) said 300 megawatts of electricity will be added to the national grid from the first un...
Bangla Press Desk: The Head of the South Asia Regional Department, FCDO, UK, Lesley Craig, accompanied by Commodore Whalley, met Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday to brief him on the naval, o...
Bangla Press Desk: While a new report, prepared by ILO, UNICEF, shows a sharp decline in child labour in the Asia and the Pacific region, the situation in Bangladesh has not seen similar progress. The broader child labor rate (detrim...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh’s interim leader Professor Muhammad Yunus has refused to meet Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to discuss corruption allegations against her during his visit to London, reports BBC online. Yunus told the BBC the a...
Bangla Press Desk: A high-stake political meeting between Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman has officially begun in London, amid hopes for a breakthrough in the ongoing political crisis ahead of th...
Bangla Press Desk: One death and 169 fresh cases were reported from dengue in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in a handout on Saturday. With the updated data, the number...
Bangla Press Desk: Non-performing loans (NPLs) in the country’s banking sector soared to a historic high of Tk4,20,335 crore in the first quarter (January-March) of 2025, according to Bangladesh Bank latest data. This sharp rise has...
Bangla Press Desk: Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur announced that the merger of five private sector Islamic banks is at the final stage, assuring that no employee would lose their job due to the process. Speaking to a group o...
Bangla Press Desk: Nepal has officially started exporting 38 megawatts (MW) of hydropower to Bangladesh using Indian transmission lines, with the supply beginning at 12pm on Sunday. Shamim Hasan, Director of Public Relations at the B...
Bangla Press Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started an inquiry over allegations of laundering around Tk2,000 crore against former UK high commissioner Saida Muna Tasneem and her husband Tauhidul Islam Chaudhury, chairman...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday directed the authorities concerned to immediately form a committee to investigate the role of former Chief Election Commissioners, Election Commissioners and Secretaries of...
Bangla Press Desk: The government has opened emergency hotlines for Bangladeshi nationals currently residing in Iran and their families in Bangladesh to ensure urgent communication amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle Easte...
Bangla Press Desk: Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday called for safeguarding natural ecosystems during the execution of development projects elsewhere in the country. During a meeting at the State Guest House Jamuna in D...
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